article review- blog 1 for Justice paper

The main purpose of the “Justice Must be Done” article is to reveal the failings of Spielberg’s movie Munich. Judea Pearl’s son Daniel was abducted and killed in Pakistan by terrorists. Munich offers the story of an Israeli agent out to kill some Palestinians who murdered 11 Israelis at the Olympics. Judea Pearl argues that Munich puts something of a positive spin on this type of killing, which is parallel to the killing of Daniel. While Spielberg suggests that the sort of vengeful killing in Munich might be morally ok, Judea Pearl thinks it is never ok, and that Hollywood shouldn’t portray a story saying that it is as this only confuses the public. I think that for entertainment purposes, pretty much anything goes, and that people should watch movies with the conscious consideration that some aspects of a movie may be exaggerated or unrealistic. I have not seen Munich so I may be making a rash judgment, but viewers should be able to differentiate between movies and events in the real world.